I read in one of Pema Chodron’s books recently that sometimes you have to create boundaries so that you don’t have barriers. I have been thinking about this for several…
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This photo is from the ‘events’ page on my website. I use it to represent the power and beauty of a group of people. A cornfield appears to be a…
This is what I would like to be doing right now but I’m not a daytime sleeper. If I manage to fall asleep during the day, I go so deep…
Most people know me as quiet, calm and reserved. So, when anyone finds out a little about my taste in music, they are often surprised or even shocked. I do…
Big day for me today; I went to collect my first ever varifocal spectacles. Life was getting very complicated. I had nine pairs (yes, nine) of prescription glasses, including reading…
This morning I woke up and wondered what day it was and what I had to do. Then I wondered if it might be a day off. I am never…
We’ve all heard the question, ‘how on earth does she do it all?’ We might ask it about someone we know who seems to juggle work, family, home and hobbies…
We all like things to be easy. We enjoy doing something, or experiencing something, that seems simple and uncomplicated to us. If we find something easy we tend to be…
Look at Alfie, how relaxed he is. You can tell he’s recharging, can’t you? I’ve had to learn a lot from him this year, and now I am taking a…
For the past few years, a lot of my work has centred around thinking less. Why it’s a good idea, what we can gain from it, and how to go…
This is a common concern. Most organised religions have a tradition of meditation and it is easy to assume that, in order to adopt any practice, we will need to…
I hear this question so often. Our lives seem to get busier by the decade and most of us haven’t been brought up to understand the value of thinking less,…